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From: hitt@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Daniel Hitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: printing .wn files
Summary: need a command-line program to convert .wn to PostScript
Keywords: .wn, PostScript, easy question
Message-ID: <1990May4.101750.5205@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 4 May 90 10:17:50 GMT
Sender: hitt@neon.stanford.edu
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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There's a command line program wn2rtf (which is on the directory
/NextApps/WriteNow.app) which converts files from the .wn format
(WriteNow) to rtf (Rich Text Format).

It would be very nice to have a similar program that converts files
to PostScript format---such a program, to be useful, could be invoked
from a terminal window by typing
    the-program < the-file.wn > the-file.ps

This way, when you are remote-logged onto a NeXT machine, you could
produce a PostScript file, and then print it on a nearby printer.  It
would be very helpful to do this when looking for documentation for
some NeXT item which only has documentation in the .wn format.

I'm sure such a program must exist, or there must be some way to
get PostScript versions of .wn documents without being at the NeXT
console.  I'd be much obliged if someone could post or e-mail to me
pointers on where such a program is.

dan